# Great Barstool Sports Interview with Stern Pinball's Gary Stern

**Source:** Knapp Arcade  
**Type:** article  
**Published:** 2022-07-28  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.knapparcade.org/great-barstool-sports-interview-with-stern-pinball-s-gary-stern

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## Analysis

Knapp Arcade blog post noting a Barstool Sports video interview with Gary Stern, CEO of Stern Pinball, discussing his career, Chicago's role as the pinball capital, machine manufacturing, and celebrity collaborations. The post is primarily promotional/archival in nature with minimal substantive content analysis.

### Key Claims

- [MEDIUM] Chicago is the pinball capital of the world — _Interview topic mentioned in Barstool Sports video description; Gary Stern discusses this claim_
- [HIGH] Gary Stern has worked with major celebrities on pinball machines — _Barstool Sports interview explicitly covers 'biggest celebrities he's worked with'_

### Notable Quotes

> "The King of the Pinball Industry"
> — **Barstool Sports (video title)**
> _Characterizes Gary Stern's position and reputation in the industry_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Gary Stern | person | CEO and industry leader at Stern Pinball; subject of Barstool Sports interview |
| Stern Pinball | company | Major pinball manufacturer; Gary Stern's company |
| Barstool Sports | organization | Sports media company that produced video interview with Gary Stern |
| Knapp Arcade | company | Blog/content creator sharing the Barstool Sports interview |
| Chicago | location | Described as the pinball capital of the world |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Gary Stern leadership and career, Pinball manufacturing and machine building
- **Secondary:** Chicago pinball industry hub, Celebrity collaborations in pinball

### Sentiment

**Positive** (0.75) — Blog post is promotional and laudatory toward Gary Stern and the interview, describing it as 'great'; no criticism or negative sentiment present

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## Transcript

Well, vacation is winding down and I'm slowly getting back into the swing of things with the pinball and arcade posts. I've got two arcade visits in the queue to write-up and share and at least one, if not two more arcade visits happening tomorrow. That will give us lots of cool places to check out and arcade / pinball pics to look at in the coming week or two.

In the meantime, I came across this great Barstool Sports video interview with Stern Pinball's Gary Stern. Here's a link to the video and a pic of the Mountain Headquarters of Knapp Arcade, reporting in via satellite Internet. You can see my suitcases being packed up for the return home in the background.

The King of the Pinball Industry

Gary Stern from Stern Pinball joins the show to talk about his career in the pinball industry. We get into how Chicago is the pinball capital of the world, the intricacies to building a full machine, the biggest celebrities he's worked with, and more.

https://www.barstoolsports.com/video/3426365/the-king-of-the-pinball-industry

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